• n.
    ⦿the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
    lexical concept
  • the fall broke his back

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:back
  2. enl:backbone
  3. enl:rachis
  4. enl:spinal column
  5. enl:spine
  6. enl:vertebral column
wn:interlingual indexili:i66280
wn:eq synonymdn:hvirvelsøjle§1rygrad§1

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • rachisspinal columnvertebral column
  • backbackbonerachisspinal columnspinevertebral column